Three rescued after canoe capsizes in Port Jefferson Harbor

Three men were rescued from Port Jefferson Harbor in Saturday after their canoe overturned in rough water created by a passing boat, Suffolk County police said.

A fisherman who witnessed the incident called 911 at 11:57 a.m., police said. Marine Bureau Officers John Falcone and Kevin Yoli responded aboard Marine Delta and found the three men — Chi Tong Chan, 29, of Stony Brook; Ka To Sze, 48, of Commack; and I Tai Lu, 72, of Dix Hills — clinging to their overturned canoe or a nearby pier.

Two of the men were wearing waders that had filled with water, weighing them down, and a third, who uses crutches, was unable to reach shore, police said. The officers pulled the men from the water and transported them back to McAllister County Park in Belle Terre.

A fourth person, Wai Yiu Cheng, 59, of Port Jefferson, who had been in a kayak nearby, made it to shore safely on his own. No injuries were reported.

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